People resent stuff like: "Special offer just today buy 2 pens and get 11% off!!"
But they do like stuff like: "How we designed the Fountilator"
> /r/Subreddit helped me achieve my life long dream of [...].
> You guys helped me in my though times and I am giving away [...] in return.
> My name is [Famous Celebrity] and you should buy my new [...]. Btw, I might answer some generic questions.
Alternatively, you can buy upvotes, comments and compromised years old accounts to promote your product.
If everything/everyone adopted a no-self-promotion policy no product could get any popularity. I think the rule is often instated for reasons really involving low-quality content and spam (but with more exterior objectivity), but it hurts the already-disadvantaged in the process. The only good thing that may come from it is having to focus on features and benefits of the product more since you can't just dump the link to the product, but again already-famous people/companies don't have to deal with that.
I started reddit a year ago, I now have 3k karma and didn't notice any difference...
One thing about Reddit is that the addition of images allows a lot leeway for self promotion by brands.
He has spoken.
(couldn't resist, just got started with the new Mandalorian season)